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on the republican side, this pledge to america which came out was essentially the contract of america of 2010. some conservative republicans feel that it is not different enough from the policies that occurred before. the tea party enthusiasm radiated on almost revolutionary change. there needed to be more of that. this document will not go far enough to curb the excessive spending and the budget we often see in washington. they wanted something a lot more new for 2010, chris. >> i'm confident in asking you the fact, in asking you that serious question i kept you from the colbert subcommittee hearing. thanks. >> thanks so much. be well. >>> eddie long will go public this weekend for the first time of being accused of forcing young men into sex. will he address that scandal from the pulpit? >>> plus, lindsay lohan will be in a california courtroom just a couple hours from now. are these her final hours of freedom? the smell of freshly juiced wheat grass and hand pressed shirts. whatever scents fill your household, purina tidy cats scoop helps neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. pur
on the republican side, this pledge to america which came out was essentially the contract of america of 2010. some conservative republicans feel that it is not different enough from the policies that occurred before. the tea party enthusiasm radiated on almost revolutionary change. there needed to be more of that. this document will not go far enough to curb the excessive spending and the budget we often see in washington. they wanted something a lot more new for 2010, chris. >> i'm...
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to america. remember, we give the banks money from the federal reserve. no other business in the world. there's no small or big business that gets access to free money from the government other than a bank. same way we allow police to carry weapons because they're responsible for security. we allow our banks the special privilege of free access to money to lend it to the development of our country. but they're exploiting that fact to get the access, and then manipulating the environment so that basically they are a vampire, if you will, that is sucking the money from america. as you see the jobless rate rise, as you see the distress on one-half of the room go up, that's happening directly as a result of the other half of the room using the government to change the laws such that they can access the taxable capital that they can deprive the investment and pay themselves. you have to think of this country suddenly as a snake eating itself, and wall street is the head of that snake, and it is contin
to america. remember, we give the banks money from the federal reserve. no other business in the world. there's no small or big business that gets access to free money from the government other than a bank. same way we allow police to carry weapons because they're responsible for security. we allow our banks the special privilege of free access to money to lend it to the development of our country. but they're exploiting that fact to get the access, and then manipulating the environment so that...
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america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out how it can help you, visit us at americasfairhealthcare.org it's not just fair, it's the law. >>> lindsay lohan rolled the legal dice and lost. do not pass go, do not collect $200. the 24-year-old actress is heading straight to jail. and it looks like she'll be there until a hearing in a month. she appeared in court today after failing two drug tests and was refused bail. this summer the actress served 14 days of a 90-day jail sentence along with 23 days at an inpatient rehab. >>> today social media, politics and entertainment all colliding. here's the official announcement on the facebook founder's $100 million donation to newark schools. mark zuckerberg talked about it on oprah. zbli committed to starting the start up education foundation whose first project will be a $100 million challenge grant. >> $100 million! >> starting sunday, don't miss a special week long nbc event called education nation. now on monday president obama will sit down live with matt lauer for a on
america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out how it can help you, visit us at americasfairhealthcare.org it's not just fair, it's the law. >>> lindsay lohan rolled the legal dice and lost. do not pass go, do not collect $200. the 24-year-old actress is heading straight to jail. and it looks like she'll be there until a hearing in a month. she appeared in court today after failing two drug tests and was refused bail. this summer the actress served 14 days of a...
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but this is america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by a -- and served by a venezuelan where a chilean gives me a brazilian. >> the comedian keeping it up through the -- this happened in our country today. here's a little more. >> i would like to recommend that now that we've got all this attention that you excuse yourself. i'm asking you to leave the committee room completely and submit your statement instead. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi on the other hand with a different view supporting colbert in his what she called truthyness. >> an american -- the committee, had a point of view, he can bring attention to an important issue like immigration. think it's great. >> david, the -- give us the deepest analysis we can muster as to the nation of the political discourse in this country when a man who plays a nonexistent character is called in to testify on the use of foreign immigrant labor such as then he can get a venezuelan to get a chilean to give him a brazilian, where are we in the
but this is america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by a -- and served by a venezuelan where a chilean gives me a brazilian. >> the comedian keeping it up through the -- this happened in our country today. here's a little more. >> i would like to recommend that now that we've got all this attention that you excuse yourself. i'm asking you to leave the committee room completely and submit your statement instead. >>...
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their plan is their new pledge to america, a government that's too big, they say is something they want to get rid of if they're elected in november. they also want to expand tax cuts and several other measures that they say when they're elected, if they're elected in november, they will implement. amara? >> tracie potts reporting from washington, thank you. >>> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has put on quite a show at the united nations. yesterday he delivered outrageous assertions about the 9/11 attacks that prompted american leaders and other delegations to walk out in protest. nbc's steve handelsman has the details. >> reporter: under increasing fire for his nuclear program and facing something he dread, the possibility of peace between the palestinians and israel, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad dropped his bomb at the u.n. most people, he claimed believe american officials staged 9/11. >> translator: that some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining american economy and its grips on the middle east in order to save the zion
their plan is their new pledge to america, a government that's too big, they say is something they want to get rid of if they're elected in november. they also want to expand tax cuts and several other measures that they say when they're elected, if they're elected in november, they will implement. amara? >> tracie potts reporting from washington, thank you. >>> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has put on quite a show at the united nations. yesterday he delivered outrageous...
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this is america, i don't want atimaa tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by guatemalan. because my great-grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the atlantic ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. he did it because he killed a man back in ireland. that's the rumor. i don't know if that's true. i would like to have that stricken from the record. so, we do not want immigrants doing this labor and i agree with congressman king, we must secure our borders. of course, i'm sure arturo rodriguez is saying who then would pick our crops then, stephen? first of all, arturo, don't interrupt me while i'm talking, that's rude. second, i reject this idea that farm work is among the semimythical jobs that americans won't do. really? no americans. i did. as part of my ongoing series, stephen colbert's fallback position where i try other jobs and realize that mine is way better. i participated in the ufw's take our jobs campaign one of only 16 people in america to take up the challenge. although that number ma
this is america, i don't want atimaa tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by guatemalan. because my great-grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the atlantic ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. he did it because he killed a man back in ireland. that's the rumor. i don't know if that's true. i would like to have that stricken from the record. so, we do not want immigrants doing this labor and i agree with congressman king, we must secure...
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. >> a plague on america. the pledge has gained support from republican party leaders including newt gingrich and sarah palin but others have as rear rick. david frum wrote this idea it's like to see a modern republicanism that responds better to the needs of the country while retaining still the tea party's reforming spirit. what i for is the worst of all worlds a republican majority that not only rejects extremist ideas but all ideas. >>> a long delayed bill to help small businesses is heading to the president's desk for signing after clearing the house yesterday. congress will likely not vote on bush era tax cuts after the election. democrats want to extend the tax cuts for only the middle class while republicans want the cuts to remain in effect for all americans including the wealthiest. senate majority leader harry reid decided not to proceed without having the 60 votes he needs to break a republican filibuster. republican senator orrin hatch said it was unfortunate that "politics has gotten in the way o
. >> a plague on america. the pledge has gained support from republican party leaders including newt gingrich and sarah palin but others have as rear rick. david frum wrote this idea it's like to see a modern republicanism that responds better to the needs of the country while retaining still the tea party's reforming spirit. what i for is the worst of all worlds a republican majority that not only rejects extremist ideas but all ideas. >>> a long delayed bill to help small...
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a standoff with police outside a bank of america in coral gables. police say someone entered the bang this morning with some kind of a device and now we are getting reports that somebody has been led out in handcuffs but we don't have any details about that. the bank workers escaped this morning. . no customers are inside. police, though, are stuck outside. they reportedly called in hostage negotiators and we are waiting to see if this situation has been resolved. university of miami sent an e-mail and text to is its coral gable students to avoid the area around bank of america because of a dangerous hazard. one of the campus shuttles is delayed because of the standoff. you saw on the map there how close the bank is to the coral gables campus. video show s.w.a.t. teams around the building's entrance. it shows police, it appears, removing somebody from the bank but, again, we are waiting for the official word from police about whether their standoff has resolved. let's go to clint van zandt who was a hostage negotiator for the fbi. this is brand-new
a standoff with police outside a bank of america in coral gables. police say someone entered the bang this morning with some kind of a device and now we are getting reports that somebody has been led out in handcuffs but we don't have any details about that. the bank workers escaped this morning. . no customers are inside. police, though, are stuck outside. they reportedly called in hostage negotiators and we are waiting to see if this situation has been resolved. university of miami sent an...
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the contract with america in 1994 was sort of a resume. if you hire us, here's what we're going to do. the pledge and the word "pledge" is about reattaching a republican leadership in washington to disaffected base. one republican i talked to said, 1994 was sort of like this resume idea. 2010, it's like a cold call selling merchandise to a jilted lover. you just want to keep them on the phone with you to have them listen to you because where republicans found themselves is their own base wasn't listening to them. this is an attempt to get the base to listen to them again. >> eric erickson criticism and some from grass root conservatives, what did we learn about the struggle, a house republican majority leadership will have in sort of keeping this coalition happy? >> well, look, this is john boehner's document. it was written by his chief of staff, his staff director, and a very small cadre of staff directors on appropriations, judiciary, ways and means, and defense committees. that was his call. look, eric cantor, the number two house repu
the contract with america in 1994 was sort of a resume. if you hire us, here's what we're going to do. the pledge and the word "pledge" is about reattaching a republican leadership in washington to disaffected base. one republican i talked to said, 1994 was sort of like this resume idea. 2010, it's like a cold call selling merchandise to a jilted lover. you just want to keep them on the phone with you to have them listen to you because where republicans found themselves is their own...
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time for more on the house republicans' pledge to america. here's california republican congressman kevin mccarthy today. >> the one thing you have to realize rk it's not a platform for the party. we have a platform. these are bills that can be taken up today. if you look at the 42 pages of where you go through specifically lays out each bill of where it goes. this is something that could be taken up now when we won't leave. >> will this help the republicans in november? does it help democrats by giving them something to bash? let's bring in richard wolffe and perry bacon. richard, i'll start with you. it seems as if there's a lot of criticism being levelled at this pledge to america, from republicans, conservatives who are wondering why did you put anything out and make yourself a target and two, what you put out was too milk toast. >> i think it points to two thin things. first of all, this is a talking point for republicans. they have an agenda. people need to talk off the table the criticism there's no plan out there. that's important, bu
time for more on the house republicans' pledge to america. here's california republican congressman kevin mccarthy today. >> the one thing you have to realize rk it's not a platform for the party. we have a platform. these are bills that can be taken up today. if you look at the 42 pages of where you go through specifically lays out each bill of where it goes. this is something that could be taken up now when we won't leave. >> will this help the republicans in november? does it...
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and he should say i know america's done it before. we've beaten other countries in the world and we'll do it again this time. his fourth counsel should be to go on the attack and beat the opposition. this is the bulls eye. does anyone believe that the republicans who have done nothing the past two years but obstruct and hide on the sidelines deserve a big fat volt of confidence, three cheers for doing nothing when it could have done something constructive like create jobs, deal with health careosts and fix wall street?
and he should say i know america's done it before. we've beaten other countries in the world and we'll do it again this time. his fourth counsel should be to go on the attack and beat the opposition. this is the bulls eye. does anyone believe that the republicans who have done nothing the past two years but obstruct and hide on the sidelines deserve a big fat volt of confidence, three cheers for doing nothing when it could have done something constructive like create jobs, deal with health...
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where is this america going? are we going to be about excess and consumerism and materialism or are we going to slow down? >> why gekko? >> gekko because -- >> the name. >> i made it up because frankly, i liked the name and it was before geico. >> i won'tered. i always wondered if there was a little connection there. >> a line in the film, even the caveman can do it. take money. no, gekko got old and he's reached a place in this new movie where there's a fork in the road. he's got to decide, is money enough, is this all there is or is there a relationship with his daughter, are there things like love and family values and trust? he's a very important issues not only to the economy but for people. >> does he -- does gordon gekko in the new movie just out have a speech that somehow refers back to or is equal to the famous greed is good speech in wall street i? >> it's hard to match something that catches the eye like that. he gives a speech earlier in the movie to fordham university where shia labeouf sees him. he
where is this america going? are we going to be about excess and consumerism and materialism or are we going to slow down? >> why gekko? >> gekko because -- >> the name. >> i made it up because frankly, i liked the name and it was before geico. >> i won'tered. i always wondered if there was a little connection there. >> a line in the film, even the caveman can do it. take money. no, gekko got old and he's reached a place in this new movie where there's a fork...
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of america. and it does if by america you mean one very specific lobbyist. that embarrassing bit is next. today marked an important mail stone in this campaign. democrats have avoided bragging about their profound achievements in health care for so long that republicans are claiming the democratic record for their very own despite having opposed it. through the political looking class with gene robinson coming up. [ tires screech ] the quarter-mile, or a quarter-century? is performance about the joy of driving? or the importance... of surviving? to us, performance is not about doing one thing well. it is about doing everything well. because in the end... everything matters. the best or nothing. that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. with pringles cracker stix. ♪ crackers turned into tasty, crunchy sticks! ♪ pringles cracker stix. ♪ so delicious... your mouth will be strangely attracted to them. ♪ everything pops with pringle
of america. and it does if by america you mean one very specific lobbyist. that embarrassing bit is next. today marked an important mail stone in this campaign. democrats have avoided bragging about their profound achievements in health care for so long that republicans are claiming the democratic record for their very own despite having opposed it. through the political looking class with gene robinson coming up. [ tires screech ] the quarter-mile, or a quarter-century? is performance about...
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let's put it in the pledge to america. it's kind of crazy. >> do you think then it's not a coincidence that house republicans chose today of all days to unveil this big pledge to america in their shirt sleeves at this lumber yard in virginia? is it a coincidence that they have picked the big unveiling the same day all these popular health care provisions went into effect? >> i'm not sure it's a coincidence or not. i think their timing actually was really pretty bad. because at the moment they were unveiling their pledge to america, president obama was speaking to the united nations and everyone was covering that live. they didn't even get live coverage for their big announcement. so i'm not sure i'm as in awe of their scheduling prowess as i am of the kind of political jiu-jitsu they're doing with health care. it's amazing. you're exactly right. because what they say, we want to get rid of this big government takeover but we want to put all the good stuff back in. of course, we don't want to fund it. but, you know, whateve
let's put it in the pledge to america. it's kind of crazy. >> do you think then it's not a coincidence that house republicans chose today of all days to unveil this big pledge to america in their shirt sleeves at this lumber yard in virginia? is it a coincidence that they have picked the big unveiling the same day all these popular health care provisions went into effect? >> i'm not sure it's a coincidence or not. i think their timing actually was really pretty bad. because at the...
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of america. and it does if by america you mean one very specific lobbyist. that embarrassing bit is next. today marked an important mail stone in this campaign. democrats have avoided bragging about their profound achievements in health care for so long that republicans are claiming the democratic record for their very own despite having opposed it. through the political looking class with gene robinson coming up. f@@ >>> good news for democratic candidates this year trying to figure out how to run on the democratic record. today, republicans started running on the democratic record. so now democrats can just copy them. that's coming right up with eugene robinson. >>> i want to say to every american that we believe in this contract and these reforms so deeply that we have not only put them in writing today, but that they will be in a full-page ad in tv guide that we encourage every american when that ad comes out, which i believe is october 27th, to tear that page out, to stick it on your refrige
of america. and it does if by america you mean one very specific lobbyist. that embarrassing bit is next. today marked an important mail stone in this campaign. democrats have avoided bragging about their profound achievements in health care for so long that republicans are claiming the democratic record for their very own despite having opposed it. through the political looking class with gene robinson coming up. f@@ >>> good news for democratic candidates this year trying to figure...
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oh, pionnage for america. that's what we're talking about. very similar in the sense that there is no way that this will get paid for, any of this plan is going to get paid for without bringing the kind of economy that we have now. and what's in the so-called pledge isn't as scary as what's not in it. the only way any of these tax cuts for the super wealthy are going to get paid for is by eviscerating social security and that's what nair very quiet about. this, it turns out, was partly written, at least by a former lobbyist for aig, comcast, exxon, and it shows. i think it is another hit for most of us to the benefit of a few of us and you have to think about that. watching that press conference today. because i think that you were generous talking about their flannel shirts. all that i saw were those iron shirts? are they paying all of those people living wage? >> ernie, where is the new idea. and where is the new idea. >> the thing about the idea is, you need to look at during ideas about. freedom is enduring ideas. so are responsibilities
oh, pionnage for america. that's what we're talking about. very similar in the sense that there is no way that this will get paid for, any of this plan is going to get paid for without bringing the kind of economy that we have now. and what's in the so-called pledge isn't as scary as what's not in it. the only way any of these tax cuts for the super wealthy are going to get paid for is by eviscerating social security and that's what nair very quiet about. this, it turns out, was partly written,...
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to america. a lemon of a pledge. >> we are not going to be any different than what we did. >> we can provide certainty and relief if we would just extend the current tax rates now. >> nice slip, sparky. howard finemann and chris hays on giving the de-energized base an anvil. >>> gold line and the gold finger. >> here's the deal. call gold line, study it out, pray on it. if it's the right thing for you, then do it. >> you better pray. at the gold line congressional hearing. >> once people have been convinceded by their fear and the lies to purchase these products, they are profoundly ripped off. >> our guest, congressman anthony wiener. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> the people that i trust are the people at the gold line. >>> good evening from new york. on this program last night, we revealed a list. that list is growing of massive, global well-known multibillion dollar companies whose owners benefit from so-called small business tax cuts republicans want to extend for the ric
to america. a lemon of a pledge. >> we are not going to be any different than what we did. >> we can provide certainty and relief if we would just extend the current tax rates now. >> nice slip, sparky. howard finemann and chris hays on giving the de-energized base an anvil. >>> gold line and the gold finger. >> here's the deal. call gold line, study it out, pray on it. if it's the right thing for you, then do it. >> you better pray. at the gold line...
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plus, the republican pledge to america. what does it really mean? some on the right say it's pablam to change votes and change nothing. some on the left say it's nothing more than a smokescreen to disguise radical ideas. and the comeback kid with another comeback. bill clinton may be the go-to guy president obama needs to save him and his party. in the russ belt states. but ask yourself this, how appropriate is it clinton to backseat driving obama when he used to bristle the same thing happening to him in 1994. also, finish the following sentence. the tea party is "a," tearing apart the republican party or "b"," energizing the gop and opening up an enthusiasm gap. with democrat, the answer may tell us a lot and wait until you hear what eliot spitzer has to say about the fellow democrat who wants his old job, andrew cuomo. but that's in "the sideshow." host "face to face" on our nbc stations in nevada. and the politics editor for msnbc.com, von berger. look, we got to start with what happened on capitol hill. here's an exchange between michigan congr
plus, the republican pledge to america. what does it really mean? some on the right say it's pablam to change votes and change nothing. some on the left say it's nothing more than a smokescreen to disguise radical ideas. and the comeback kid with another comeback. bill clinton may be the go-to guy president obama needs to save him and his party. in the russ belt states. but ask yourself this, how appropriate is it clinton to backseat driving obama when he used to bristle the same thing...
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and so america must have a clear choice. you really are, you really are the people that are peaceful, that believe in the free market system, that believe in small government, that don't believe in corruption, that don't believe in special interests and earmarks in it. that's who really are. >> glenn beck thinks that violence is coming from the left, but we have well documented in town hall meetings across the country, karen, that the intimidation has been coming from the tea partiers. what do you make of all of this. >> also i think i saw heidi's foot in one those pictures tripping someone. but i think that -- i think that this kind of language and even calling them rude little pigs, heidi, really doesn't help us. at the end of the day, you know you hope you dom a rally to get some understanding, to get some questions answered, and the kind of energy that's in this country right now on both sides, i don't think it services us as a country. this is not what we're made of as americans. and for that man, i don't care how rude
and so america must have a clear choice. you really are, you really are the people that are peaceful, that believe in the free market system, that believe in small government, that don't believe in corruption, that don't believe in special interests and earmarks in it. that's who really are. >> glenn beck thinks that violence is coming from the left, but we have well documented in town hall meetings across the country, karen, that the intimidation has been coming from the tea partiers....
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good to see you. >> you, too. >> they are putting a pledge to america? it may have lacked some specifics. why can't the democrats put forward their pledge or what they are going to do if they were reelected to a new congress? >> well, because we are in the midst of doing it and, unfortunately, without the cooperation of the republicans, but we have a solid record to run on and we are going to continue to press forward if we are fortunate enough to return to the majority, that we will continue to push to move the country in a new direction, focus on the job creation and expanding the -- the tax cutting policy to assist the middle class and working families and small businesses. we will continue to implement the health care reform law and make sure we can continue to keep patience, put patience in the driver's seat as opposed to insurance companies. a stark contrast laid out in the pledge to special interests that the republican rolled out yesterday versus the protection for consumers and standing up for the middle class that we have been progressing on. >
good to see you. >> you, too. >> they are putting a pledge to america? it may have lacked some specifics. why can't the democrats put forward their pledge or what they are going to do if they were reelected to a new congress? >> well, because we are in the midst of doing it and, unfortunately, without the cooperation of the republicans, but we have a solid record to run on and we are going to continue to press forward if we are fortunate enough to return to the majority, that...
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to america. or in our fourth story to simplify as republicans are wont to, lemon pledge. at the back of a lumber company, senator boehner, trumpeted the gop agenda. it's much longer than the contract with america and says even less. mr. boehner in answering a question on the gop standard of american values said the gop's unintentionally true sound bite of the day. >> on the point we make in this preamble to our pledge is that we are not going to be any different than what we've been. >> a bunch of white guys. indeed the rally outside that rally might not bode well for republicans. all two dozen participants chanting. the pages yellowing with indecision. they have the long-standing gop stance on smaller government. at the same time, it pretends to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. there is no detailed plan to reduce the deficit. the revolutionary part of the pledge is that it drew from the gop's listening post, the website, america speaking out, which i think is the name of this netw
to america. or in our fourth story to simplify as republicans are wont to, lemon pledge. at the back of a lumber company, senator boehner, trumpeted the gop agenda. it's much longer than the contract with america and says even less. mr. boehner in answering a question on the gop standard of american values said the gop's unintentionally true sound bite of the day. >> on the point we make in this preamble to our pledge is that we are not going to be any different than what we've been....